2010-07-14 Jenny Lind Polka

[Rhawneld57]

Well done Diane and Leon. Fantastic to see you both in on this song. Well done.

Ron!

[DAN141000]

Très jolie Polka,magnifiauqe interprétation

Félicitation

Amitié Daniel



[budulis5]

love this

[myaccordionhistory]

@budulis5 - Thank you very much.

Diane and Leon

[fdviller]

Awesome!

[myaccordionhistory]

@fdviller - Tnank you.

Diane and Leon

[AccordionLadyMi]

Very enjoyable to see and hear this duet. It is a very good performance. Fran

[rinominuc]

Congratulation...

Félicitation...

Auguri.

Rino Fron Belgium

[myaccordionhistory]

@rinominuc Thank you Rino.

[BENNYMANS99]

Excellent production and a wonderful duet sounding great,

Very nicely played,

Brian.

[musicfamily]

NIce to see you play music with your wife. Wonder combination.

[myaccordionhistory]

@musicfamily Thank you for your support. I am trying to make music a family activity, like it is for you and your kids.

[amarcordeon]

Very pleasant to listen this amazing melodic polka

I enjoyed your marvelousy perfect playing

Wonderful job

Congratulations my friend Leon

*****

Lillo

[myaccordionhistory]

@amarcordeon Thank you Lillo for your support of my music activities on YouTube.

[pyeinthesky]

Nice job to both of you my compliments. Nice accordion Leon.

[myaccordionhistory]

@pyeinthesky Thank you. Nice to hear from you. Still having fun on the motorcycle? Enjoy it while you can.

[AIJohnsen]

Hi Leon, What I meant was that I hope to do another upload soon, but not an upload of the Hanon exercises. The exercises are rather boring to listen to and tedious to play but I,m half way through the 88 page book just doing the treble clef exercises. The exercises for the bass clef is another story. I try to practice the Hanon exercises every day and also practice sight reading new songs. I enjoy listening to your uploads. Andy

[AIJohnsen]

Very nice with your wife playing accompaniment! This polka was named after Jenny Lind the "Swedish Nightingale". I am still working on "Hannon for the Accordion". I hope to have something uploaded on YT soon. Your progress and determination have been an inspiration to me. Andy

[myaccordionhistory]

@AIJohnsen Thank you for the nice comment and for the background on the Jenny Lind. Do I understand you correctly that you will upload example performances of the famous piano strength and skill exercises called "Hanon" arranged for accordion? If so, that is wonderful. Such example videos will be of great interest to all intermediate and advanced level accordionists. I wish I had the skill to make such videos myself.

[guyotville06]

De retour de vacances, je viens écouter les progrés et il y en a bravo ! bravo !Léon c'est super !

Amicalement

André

[myaccordionhistory]

@guyotville06 Bonjour André. Je vous remercie pour votre approbation de ma dernière vidéo. J'espère que vous passé de bonnes vacances. J'ai suivi votre exemple et j'ai commencé à ajouter accompagnement dans certains de mes performances. Je vous remercie de votre inspiration et je suis impatient de voir d'autres dans le proche avenir.

[guyotville06]

De retour de vacances, je viens écouter les progrés et il y en a bravo ! bravo !Léon

Amicalement

André

[sirosirmakka]

Wow bravo.Thank you.

[AGDStradella]

Hi Leon ... this version sounds great and a nice duet with your darling wife!

[myaccordionhistory]

@AGDStradella I'm glad you liked it Tony. I am receiving so many positive comments that we are thinking of doing it again soon.

[olibutt]

As always really good, I hope I get to be as good as you one day ;]

[myaccordionhistory]

@olibutt I appreciate very much your encouragement.

[6Heureka]

Fantastic you both are simply the best. I´am very impressed. Many thanks for posting this

[myaccordionhistory]

@6Heureka I'm glad you liked this Jochen. It was fun to do. I hope you are enjoying the rest of your vacation in Portugal.

[ladybirdmama]

lol

[ladybirdmama]

Fantastic Leon! Great video and you and your wife are very charming! As always, I love visiting your channel!

[myaccordionhistory]

@ladybirdmama Thank you Fatima for visiting and for your kindness. The duet was fun. We will do it again soon. I hope everything is well on your end and you are practicing accordion regularly. Here's an idea. Why not play accordion while balancing on a rock?

Leon

[accordionlearner]

you are playing so good~ And I like your strategy of learning, you always show improvement in your songs~

[myaccordionhistory]

@accordionlearner Thank you for your encouraging comment. You are doing pretty good yourself. I am happy to know that we are both learning together.

Leon

[acordeonhobby]

Muy bien hecho, esta muy bien sostenido el ritmo, bien expresado los cortes de la melodia, y resaltado con los acordes, muy buenos avances.

Felicitaciones.

Jose

[myaccordionhistory]

@acordeonhobby Gracias Jose por su evaluación detallada de mi forma de tocar. Usted me animan a la práctica y el progreso más.

[AccordionHour2010]

Very nice duet. Keep up the good work.

Simon

[myaccordionhistory]

@AccordionHour2010 Thanks for visiting.

[janucik]

Bravo, bravo, bravissimo Leon.... Nice melody.

[myaccordionhistory]

@janucik Thank you so much for your encouragement. It means a lot to me.

Leon

[Pilarfay]

¡Muy bien León!, a veces es mejor sacrificar la velocidad para poder interpretar correctamente la pieza, la velocidad ya vendrá después, le admiro por su perseverancia, felicidades a los dos *****

Saludos Pilar

[myaccordionhistory]

@Pilarfay Gracias Pilar por tu sabiduría acerca de la velocidad. Estoy de acuerdo que tomará mucho tiempo. Los que quieren que yo juegue más rápido, simplemente tendrá que esperar. La verdadera belleza de la música es la articulación y expresión. Tengo mucho que aprender.

[Mrsjamett]

what a charming couple. i love your smiles! Leon have you thought of trying some of Yann Tiersen's music. I really like his pieces. That's my goal to learn some of those some day. Hope to see you do some of his on here.

[myaccordionhistory]

@Mrsjamett Thank you so much for the kind comment. Yes, of course I think often of Yann Tiersen's music. Like you, that is one of my goals. But at least for the immediate future I think it is best for me to work with progressive material from standard courses and workbooks, at least until I build more solid skill. That strategy has been working well for me. But yes, eventually I will get to "Valse d'Amelie" and "Valse des Monstres". I promise.

Leon

[ausmariner1]

Hi Leon,

I am about 3 months behind you in terms of skill in playing the accordion. I actually started the Palmer Hughes book the same month you did!

Anyway, I am writing this message to say that you played this piece absolutely perfectly. It sounds like it is very advanced. There must be quite a jump in the difficulty of the books.

As always, keep up the good work and thank you for being the perfect reference for me, making sure I play these pieces as written.

Luke.

[myaccordionhistory]

@ausmariner1 Hi Luke. Thank you so much for your message. You are living proof that my channel is working, and I congratulate you on your progress. The experience has been very positive for me. This "Jenny Lind" is a good example. I posted it once, and then I received a lot of advice on how to improve it. It's like having a virtual teacher. Nice hearing from you.

Leon

[Accordionman331]

Brilliant

I have to learn this

5*****

Godbless

Kev

[myaccordionhistory]

@Accordionman331 Thanks for the positive feedback. I suspect you could do a real good job with this one. I look forward to it.

Godbless

Leon

[mlasagabaster]

Un gran aplauso para tan bella interpretación, me encanta en el tiempo que ha sido tocado porque matiza y realza esta hermosa Polka, mis felicitaciones a los dos

Un cariñoso saludo

Marieli

[myaccordionhistory]

@mlasagabaster Diane y yo le agradezco mucho por Marielli sus mensajes complementarios. Has llenado nuestros corazones con tanto agradecimiento.

León

[Bobby1961D]

Wow Very Nice, I Liked it. !!!!

[myaccordionhistory]

@Bobby1961D Thank you for the strong approval.

[Accordioncrasy]

Hi Leon!

Congrats to your first duet!

(Who is the lady?)

*********

Istvan

[myaccordionhistory]

@Accordioncrasy Thank you Istvan. The Lady is my wife, Diane.

This was a learning experience in how to use the MAGIX video editor.